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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Shameless \Shame"less\, a. [AS. scamle['a]s.]
1. Destitute of shame; wanting modesty; brazen-faced;
insensible to disgrace. "Such shameless bards we have."
--Pope.
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Shame enough to shame thee, wert thou not shameless.
--Shak.
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2. Indicating want of modesty, or sensibility to disgrace;
indecent; as, a shameless picture or poem.
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Syn: Impudent; unblushing; audacious; immodest; indecent;
indelicate.
[1913 Webster] -- {Shame"less*ly}, adv. --
{Shame"less*ness}, n.
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